Oxchuc

From San Cristobal de Las Casas, this Tzeltal town, is 48 kilometers, but, in difference to the previous one, maintains a bit of traditional architecture, and has two monuments of interest. The first is the church of Santo Tomas, presiding on the main square. This church has as chapels, buttocks in its pillared portico, something strange for Chiapas. The second monument is the church of El Calvario which crowns a hill on the outskirts of town, claiming the sacred character that the Chiapanecan towns have given to many hills in their environment. Following the road to Ocosingo some 10 kilometers, nature offers the cascade of Mesbilja or El Corralito, birthplace of the Jatate river that runs through a rich vegetation area. Its access at present is limited to the conditions of the terrain, but it is perfectly visible from the road.